The Surface Laptop is great. In fact, it's probably the best all round notebook PC you'll find. But it's not perfect. It has a too few ports, which are remedied by a £190 dock, but lacking even just one USB-C port in 2017 seriously hurts the Surface Laptop's futureproofing.

really great keyboard; good trackpad; alcantara; stand-out design; USB-A port; great screen; great battery life; Windows Hello

no USB-C; no SD card reader; no fingerprint scanner; Windows 10 S (but free upgrade before 2018); limited configuration options

The Microsoft Surface Laptop is an excellent laptop although, like everything Microsoft makes these days, very slightly quirky. I've only had this laptop for about 12 hours, so consider these initial thoughts rather than a final verdict.

Generally stunning design; Slick; fast operation; Excellent screen and speakers

Windows 10 S is quite limiting; Fabric palm rest seems a design flourish too far

I bought Microsoft laptop about 3 months ago. It came with Windows S and at that time there was an option to upgrade for free to Windows 10 Pro. With Windows S I was not even able to download the desktop version of Microsoft Office 365 from my Microsoft account.

Purchase this laptop online with the HN recommendation function Did exactly what I wanted and more

I bought one yesterday and it was the best laptop I have ever owned I'm so annoyed sometimes when people say they want a mac over this amazing laptop and the red colour really stands out

Extreme build quality and very powerful laptop for the price. The slim and sleek design is perfect to carry around and as a daily. Pretty impressed with battery backup too. The inside keyboard surface seems a bit under quality compared to the overall build.

The best looking Windows laptop you've ever seen; Good keyboard, trackpad, battery life, and performance; Windows Hello is stupid fast

Windows 10 S is not nearly enough for most people; A standard laptop isn't great for pen and touch; Cortana-led setup is obnoxious

Surface Laptop is the answer to many critics' prayers. But its not quite the machine everyone wanted Microsoft to make

Microsoft has experienced its fair share of success with the Surface line-up of 2-in-1 detachable PCs, and rightfully so, as those devices offer portability and computing prowess in a sleek form factor.

Lightweight and portable; Excellent design; Long-lasting battery; Well-balanced audio output

Older generation processor; Dire lack of ports; Heats during intensive tasks

It does not come easy for us to draw a definitive conclusion about the Microsoft Surface Laptop i7. The Intel Core i7-7660U is and remains a double-edged sword. On the one hand, we have the disappointing results with the Turbo performance, and it appears as though Microsoft has learned nothing from...

better graphics performance on account of the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640; faster Samsung SSD; unique Alcantara texture; outstandingly good speakers; support for Windows Hello; wrist rest remains cool; quiet fan; long battery life

relatively loud coil whine; difficult-to-open case gets in the way of repairs and upgrades; poor I/O; throttling - also during graphics loads; high premium for the i7